Doing Feminist Theory: From Modernity to Postmodernity

Doing Feminist Theory: From Modernity to Postmodernity critically examines feminist thought from the late eighteenth century to the present. Organized historically and by theoretical perspectives, author Susan Archer Mann: * Highlights the relationship between feminist theory and political practice and examines the diversity of feminist visions and voices by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and global location * Interweaves the history of feminist thought with the history of the U.S. women's movement to ground feminist perspectives in their socio-historical contexts * Bridges the local and global using theory application sections devoted to feminist analyses of colonialism, imperialism, and globalization * Offers a critical and dynamic approach to theory that is interdisciplinary and inclusive of alternative forms of theory construction, such as poetry, music, and zines * Illuminates how transformations in contemporary feminist thought reflect paradigm shifts from modernity to postmodernity

• | Author: Susan Archer Mann
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 496 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199858101
• | ISBN-13: 9780199858101